Four Seasons Health Care Reviews

Cons

No cons to report at present

Cons

Where to start

1. Patients to staff ratio is shocking. Like 30 residence to two care staff and two nurses but if nurses are doing meds then that’s 2 carers to 30 patients and because it was a cic bed unit you would have patients that might need a Sara steady or hoist but if both of you are doing that who’s on the floor? Coupled with buzzers constantly going off of your hoisting or Sara steadying - who’s there to answer the buzzer?

3. Online training- it should be hands on - like actually show you stuff, moving and handing was really short

4. Uniforms didn’t actually get any for like 2 months and then they were to big so had to ask for different size which took even longer

4. Staff blame culture and clicking like if you weren’t one of the gang then they would make you life hell

5. At one point no gloves, aprons or even red bags

6. With out hot water and running toilets a whole weekend ( disgusting) then a week later everyone had sickness bug- go figure

7. no Proper cleaner- one for the whole building- expected night staff to do a lot of cleaning despite buzzers and under staffing

8. Always running out of bedding /towels as only had one laundry staff

9. Residence clothes would go missing as no way of naming them

10. Witnessed drag lifting of patients- they were in between a Sarah stead and hoist.

11. Never any proper things to give for supper like biscuits or cake ( even tho patients asked for it all the time)

12. No activity at all

13. Draws falling on me and patients as no screwed to a wall

And finally 14.

The lifts are out dated and ambulance crews can’t use stretches to take people out properly. We had to hoist someone in to wheel chair having a heart attack to take down stairs to hoist on to a stretch. That’s definitely a safe guarding issue

Oh and my favourite not- you would have so many people waiting to use a toilet because they were assistance of two - by the time you got to help this after helping other people they had wet them selfs. That is not dignified or respectable- it’s abuse

I left because o had a nervous break down.

Cons

Bed management- in 6 months they changed 7 managers in a care home

Cons

Quite honestly dont think there is an up side for working for four seasons, staff are pushed to there limits all day every day for peanuts! Working with bare minimum staff so they meet there targets!! Mangment couldn't care less about the staff!! Care more about making money to line there pockets than doing what's best for there homes, residents and staff!!

Cons

Extremely small budget for activities. (Less than £50 a month for whole home). Lack of investment in decor for homes leaves lots looking tired and dated. Focus on managers completing audits that generate info for shareholders but have no real benefit to the residents. Staff pay is extremely low compared to other providers and local businesses.

Cons

Shift lengths can be brutal, 15-hour shifts , less working days this way so i guess its up to the employee what they want.

Cons

The work was Hard, long hours.

Cons

Pay,
Senior staff not very nice,
Under staffed,
Long hours.

Cons

Management are well-intentioned and care about providing good care, but no amount of good intentions are enough to allow for every duty to be performed. Staffing just isn't adequate for that. This forces carers to compromise on their values in an effort to finish as many duties as possible in a shift.

Cons

Understaffed, underfunded, blame culture, unnessessary paperwork,